Fastening device and method for fixing adherend by using the same

Abstract

Provided is a fastening device comprising a plate-shaped article having one component of the loop and hook fastener and a protecting member provided on the same surface of the plate-shaped article where the fastener component is provided, the protecting member having a larger height than that of the fastener component and being capable of deforming when pressed. The fastening device, when attached to a base, leads to easy postioning of various adherends to be fixed thereon, and thus to simplification of execution and reduction of labor.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A fastening device for securely fixing an adherend mounted with one component of a loop and hook fastener on a predetermined position on the surface of a base, said device comprising: a flat member having on one surface thereof interior to its peripheral edge the other component of the loop and hook fastener which will engage with the loop and hook fastener component mounted on the adherend;   a plurality of spacing members in the form of flat side plates for preventing the engagement of said two fastener components when said spacing members are in a generally vertical position and allowing the engagement of said two fastener components when said spacing members are in a substantially flat position, each said spacing member being connected by an edge to the peripheral edge of said one surface of the flat member having the other component of the loop and hook fastener and projecting upward from said one surface, said spacing members having a larger height than that of the loop and hook fastener component provided on the flat member so that it can, when the loop and hook fastener component mounted on the flat member is faced with the other loop and hook fastener component mounted on the adherend, keep the two fastener components in a spaced relationship with each other to prevent the engagement of said two fastener components and to allow the alignment of the adherend with respect to said predetermined position on the surface of the base, and being capable of, when the adherend is properly aligned with respect to said predetermined position and when the adherend is pressed against the flat member, deforming to said substantially flat position so that the two fastener components engage with each other; and   a fixing means which fixes the flat member on the surface of the base.   
     
     
       2. A fastening device according to claim 1, wherein said fixing means is a fixing body provided on and projecting from the back side of the flat member. 
     
     
       3. A fastening device according to claim 1, wherein said fixing means is an adhesive applied to the back side of the flat member. 
     
     
       4. A fastening device according to claim 1, wherein said flat member, said spacing members and said fixing means have been integrally molded. 
     
     
       5. A method for securely fixing an adherend having one component of a loop and hook fastener on a predetermined position on the surface of a base, comprising the steps of: (1) fixing on the surface of the base a fastening device comprising: a flat member having on one surface thereof interior to its peripheral edge the other component of the loop and hook fastener which will engage with the loop and hook fastener component mounted on the adherend,   a plurality of generally vertical spacing members in the form of flat side plates with each spacing member connected by an edge to the peripheral edge of said one surface of the flat member having the other component of the loop and hook fastener, said spacing members having a larger height than that of the loop and hook fastener component provided on the flat member so that it can, when the loop and hook fastener component mounted on the flat member is faced with the other loop and hook fastener component mounted on the adherend, keep the two fastener components in a spaced relationship with each other to prevent the engagement of said two fastener components and to allow the alignment of the adherend with respect to said predetermined position on the surface of the base, and being capable of, when the adherend is properly aligned with respect to said predetermined position and when the adherend is pressed against the flat member, deforming to a substantially flat position so that the two fastener components engage with each other; and   a fixing means for fixing the flat member to the surface of the base;     (2) applying the adherend having the one component of the loop and hook fastener to the surface of the base and positioning the adherend there; and   (3) pressing the thus positioned adherend against the surface of the base so that the fastener component provided on the fastening device engages with the other fastener component mounted on the adherend.